9-letter words containing g, u, n, s, i
- pasturing — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pausingly — with a pause or pauses
- plus sign — the symbol (+) indicating summation or a positive quality.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- presuming — presumptuous.
- pugginess — stumpiness
- pulsating — throbbing
- punishing — causing or characterized by harsh or injurious treatment; severe; brutal: The storm was accompanied by punishing winds.
- purposing — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- quislings — Plural form of quisling.
- repulsing — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- resulting — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- rushingly — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- sauvignon — a small blue-black grape grown primarily in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, in SW France, and highly prized in winemaking.
- scourging — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
- scourings — dirt or refuse removed by scouring.
- scrubbing — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- scuffling — to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
- scungille — the meat of a mollusc or conch, eaten as a delicacy
- scungilli — the edible part of a conch
- scurrying — to go or move quickly or in haste.
- scuttling — to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
- secluding — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- seigneury — the domain of a seigneur.
- sgian-dhu — a dirk carried in the stocking by Highlanders
- shinguard — sport: protective pad for lower leg
- shuffling — moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
- shuttling — a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
- sigismund — 1368–1437, Holy Roman emperor 1411–37.
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- signeurie — seniority
- singulary — (of an operator) monadic
- singultus — a hiccup.
- sitatunga — an antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, inhabiting marshy regions of central and eastern Africa.
- situtunga — an antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, inhabiting marshy regions of central and eastern Africa.
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- sloughing — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- slurrying — a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- smuggling — to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- soundings — measurements of atmospheric conditions, as made using a radiosonde or rocketsonde
- spongious — spongy or relating to a sponge
- spring up — If something springs up, it suddenly appears or begins to exist.
- squalling — the act or sound of squalling: The baby's squall was heard next door.
- squashing — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- squatting — occupying a property illegally
- squawking — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- squinting — designating a modifier, as an adverb, that can be interpreted as modifying either the preceding or the following part of the construction in which it appears (Ex.: often in “those who lie often are found out”); also, designating the construction itself
- squirming — to wriggle or writhe.
- stingbull — Trachinus draco, a species of fish with venomous spines on their dorsal fins that are capable of wounding humans
- stink bug — any of numerous broad, flat bugs of the family Pentatomidae, that emit a disagreeable odor.